Butsniv

Butsniv
Буцнів
A view of Butsniv from the southeast
A view of Butsniv from the southeast
Butsniv is located in Ternopil Oblast
Butsniv
Butsniv
Location in Ternopil Oblast
Coordinates: 49°28′42″N 25°33′58″E / 49.47833°N 25.56611°E / 49.47833; 25.56611
Country Ukraine
Oblast Ternopil Oblast
RaionTernopil Raion
HromadaVelyka Berezovytsia Hromada
Postal code
47730

Butsniv (Ukrainian: Буцнів) is a village in Velyka Berezovytsia settlement hromada, Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.[1]

History

The first written mention is from 1464.[2]

Religion

  • Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (UGCC; 1744, brick, painted by K. Ustianovych in the 1880s; architectural monument of national importance), the church houses the miraculous Butsniv Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary (18th century, restored in 2005)[2]
  • Church of Saints Peter and Paul (OCU, former church, 1888, brick, architect Julian Zakharevych)[2]

Monuments

Notable residents

The village was visited by writer, teacher, and folklorist Ivanna Blazhkevych, astronomer Ivan Klymyshyn, UGCC Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, and others.[2]

In literature

Bohdan Novosyadlyi published two books: Butsniv – selo nad Seretom (1998) and Butsniv. Ekskurs u mynule na khvyliakh liubovi (2006).[2]

References

  1. ^ Великоберезовицька територіальна громада, Децентралізація
  2. ^ a b c d e f (in Ukrainian) Н. Новосядла, Б. Новосядлий, В. Уніят-Карпович, Буцнів // Ternopil region. History of cities and villages: in 3 v. / Ternopil: "Terno-graph", 2014, V. 3: М—Ш, S. 356–358. — ISBN 978-966-457-246-7.

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